Berth-curtain.



No. 894,810. PATENTED AUG. 4, 1908. S. H. BROWN.& W. E. MOPHERSON I BERTH CURTAIN.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 22, 1907.

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N0.- -s94,s10. PATENTED AUG. 4, 190a:

' s. H. BROWN & W. E. MQPHERSON.

BERTH CURTAIN. 4PPLIOATION FILED NOV. 22, 1907.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedAug. 4, 1908.

.Kp plicati on file d Novembe- 22, 1901. Serial no. 403,428. l

Teoll 'iuhmn it may concern: 51 v 3 I .Be it known that we :Snanm'cn H. BROWN and WILmAM E. McPnaasoN, 'ci'tizens'of the v -IlniteeLStates,residing atJ ersey' City and Al'- bany, respectively, inthecounties of'Hudson. and Albany, respectively, and {States of New Jersey and New York-respectively, have in:

vented certain new and useful Im rave-'- qn'ents in BerthfQurtams, of which the 'ollowingristaspecification.

his invention 'eolnprehends certain; new

and useful p nints-in curtains for the, 4

berths of sleeping' ,c Land thelike, and, the

ggiIlYBIlliiOIl hasfor its :ob'ecta simple, and et- Tfectivayconstruction. o 1 curtain-which will avoidjthe well known disadyanta'ges thatare incident to theuse. of the lateh ally; separable curtains eretofore usually employed and will-[- ossess, whenfin use; the eharac qli'stico ?privacy' to :the occupa'ntiof. the berthand willenable the-occupant of either the'lower or upper. berth to'readily enter or depart. from. t e berth without interfering I with br'ldisturbing thepassenger above or below;"-.

With these and other'obiects in view as.

will more fully a pear as thedescription proceed's, the inven IOILCOIlSlSlES in certain con- .struc'tions and arrangementsot the parts that we shall hereina ter fully describe and claim; i

For a full understanding of the invention,

' I-reference is,to be 'had to the following 'dec-oscriptionfi and accompanying drawings, in .35

. broken away; Figs.'3 and' larc longitudinal sectional views on'the-lines 3 3 andv 4-4,, ,res eetively, ofFig. 2; Figs; 5 and 6 are detai sectional views of 'therollers and han' -rs employed, the ends of the rollers being sh, WI)

, therein; "Figs. 7 and .81are "end "views of the -respective roller hangers; Figs. 9 and 10. are

detailside elevations oftheend the roller; an d,Fig.-1;1 is adetail ront elevation of an; auxiliary curtain designed-to cover the s'paceb'etween the side edges of the-main curtains between the upperjberths of two adjacent sections, as illustrated applied inFig.1. For thepu' oses of illustration only, we have selected t e interior of a sleeping car to ortions of set forth clearly the application of our invention'falthough it is to be understood that the berth curtains are equally applic'ablefor use in connection with steam boats, public state rooms, or in other analogous locations.

I In the drawings, the reference letters'A, B and C- designate three adjacent sections, separated by the stationary lower berth supports D for thelower berths E, and F ('lesignates an ordinary hinged bed portion for an upper berth G,

a series of orizontally extendin rods 1 above the res e'ctive sections, and we may. emp oy for this ,purpose the rods thatare already installed in the car forthe laterally separablehanging curtains or dra-,

,In carryin out our invention, we provide if desired,

pery,-for by so doing, it is evident that all nec ssity for any material changes in the interior construction of the cars is avoided.

Upon eachof the rods 1, roller hangers 2 and Y 3 are suspended, as clearly illustrated in Fig.

1, each of saidliangers being formed at one end with an opening, by which it may he slipped over the end of the rod,'and removed therefrom whenever desired. -The preferably spring roller 4 forthe berth curtain proper, is provided at its ends with gudgeons 4*, and '4", as best seen in Figs. 5, 6, 9 and 10, the, gudgeon 4* being formed with a lug, as shown, so as to fit in the'depression in the socket of the-hanger 3 to maintain the proper spring action as the roller turns in one diree tron or the reverse. The spring is not shown, but it is obvious, that any ol the ordinary 'ein )loyed.

' 'fhe curtain 5 is adapted to wind upon the roller 4 in the nature ef a shade or blind, and said curtain may be formed of any material sulliciently heavyfol thepurpose. The curtain 5 is manifestly of a width to extend substantially from one end to the other of the desi ned for/engagement in the button-holes J 9 o substantially triangular supplemental curtains 10 that are designed to be hung from 90 spring rollers 01' the llarlshorn type may be 5? two adjacent rods 1 by double hooks 11 and that are intended to cover the space between the side edges of two adjacent main curtains 5 along the contiguous upper berths G. Each of these supplemental curtains 10 is provided near its lower end with a fastener 12 which may be of the separable stud and socket type, by which it may be secured to the part'D, Each of the main curtains 5 is provided .with an upper flap 13 and a lower flap 14 designed to register, respectively, with the upper and lower berths of the section. The upper flap 13 is provided with a binding 15 which is preferably secured to its side and lower edges y stitching, as indicated in Fig. 2, and the lower flap 14 is similarly provided with a binding ,16. These bindings 15 and 16-are preferably of leather or some material with a I greater body or stiffness than theinain portions of the curtains and their flaps, and the bindings extend over the sides anddower edges of the openings formed by cutting out the flaps, so as to reinforce the openings and give suflicient wei ht to the flaps and to prevent them from lowing inwardly or oute Wardly as the case may be. As indicated, the flaps 13 and 14 are integral portions of the curtains.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that we have provided a very simple and efficient construction of berth curtain, which will have none of the disadvantageous featuresicmninon to the laterally se )arable curtains and which may be easily appfied and raised or lowered, while in the use of a curtain constructed in accordance with our invention, it is obvious that the occupant of the upper berth or the occu )ant of the lower berth, may enter or leave his compartment Without interfering with, or intruding upon the privacy of his fellow )assenger. By the arrangement of the movable hangers 2 and 3, the entire main curtain on its roller may be detached from the hangers and the latter dci tac'hedfrom the supporting rods 1 so that all the parts of the curtain may be stored away in the hinged section F when the berths arc notin use.

If desired, the curtain or Ila for the upper berth may be provided at its oweredge and in the middle with abutton, and the upper end of the flap provided with a loop, so that if desired, the flap may be buttoned or looped u that the occupant of the upper berth may cearyseeinte ert. 1 h b h Having thus described the'invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a device of the character, described, the combination of an elevated support, hangers mounted on said support, a roller "rod, a vertically movable ported by said. rod, means for holding the 105 journaled in said hangers, and a curtain mounted on said roller, said curtain bein provided with an opening and a flap designed to close said opening.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination of an ltvated support, hangers adapted to be slipped over the ends of said support and removably mounted thereon, a roller journaled in said hangers, and a curtain mounted on said roller, said curtain being provided with an entrance and egress opening, and a flap designed to close the same. 7

3. In a device of the character described, the combination of a, supporting rod, hangers provided with. openings which may be slip ed on the ends of said rods, a roller journaled in said hangers, and a curtain mounted on said roller and provided with an entrance and egress opening, and aflap designed to closesaid opening.

4.- In a device of the character described, a curtain provided with an entrance and egress opening and a flap secured to the cur- 8 tain at the u per edge of the opening and free therefrom a ong its side and bottom edges, and a binding secured to the side and bottom edges of the flap and designed to extend over the side and bottom margins of the openin 9 5. In a device of the character (leseriber the combination of a series of curtains spaced from each other at their side edges, and a supplemental curtain adapted 'to close a portion of the s )ace between the first named 9 curtains, said supplemental curtain being provided at its upper end with hooks, rods supporting the first named cu tains and over which the said hooks are designed to take,

and means for securing the first named cur- 100 tains to the supplemental curtain.

6. In a device of the character described, the combination of an elevated supporting roller curtain supcurtain extended, a supplemental curtain adapted to be secured to said rod and rojecting beyond the side edge of the first named curtain, and a detachable fastening. connection between the two curtains.

7. A curtain for the purpose described, provided with upper and lower openings and flaps for the respective openings.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

SIIEDRICK I-I. BROWN. WILLIAM (E. :L\'ICPHERSON.

\Vitnesses to Browns;signature:

FRITZ PUTNANL 'PRAPHAGEN, EDWARD llnxiv.

Witnesses to l\lcPhersons si nature:

(inAeLns B. LEE, CHARLES WASHINGTON. 

